[Idunn]

I really can't understand why all you want ROTK get an Oscar award so much. Who can say what kind of film it will be? The previous parts got awards only due to technical reasons, which for me is not enough to be considered the best film of the year. But bearing in mind that Titanic won just for being visually spectacular, it gives hope for ROTK, whatever quality it will have, if it will deserve it, or not. The previous parts shouldn't be taken into account while regarding the quality or fairness of ROTK getting an award, because they were released as separate films and had their chances(though TTT was a strange film itself - neither beginning, nor the end). All in all, it's just pure speculation, and sentiment and value of the book has nothing to do with films based on it.